If you have any other Linux guests you could link to the hosed pack in VM and then mount it on the other image and repair /etc/passwd.
Only other thought is to try punching the initrd, kernel image, and parm file again and once in the installer see if there's a shell or rescue option available. ks On 2/13/06, Ryan Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I somehow changed the shell directory in /etc/passwd file for root and = > now I cannot get in as root. > > root:x:0:0:root:/root:q > > I have no other user with administrative permissions to change anything. = > Does anyone know how to login to root on the z890 with this situation? = > I have seen some things on single user mode, but I don't know how to do = > that with Linux running under zVM. This is just a practice image so = > it's not a big deal, but I would like to know how to fix it for the = > future. > > Thanks in advance. > > Ryan Stewart > IRCC > > Soory about the duplicate. forgot a subject > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
